The True History of Joshua Davidson, Christian and CommunistChatto and Windus, 1874 - 279 páginas |
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... answer to an accusation more than once repeated , of having written . this book as a mere jeu d'esprit , that I declare I have never written anything with so much earnestness , such a passionate desire to say out the truth as it seems ...
... answer to an accusation more than once repeated , of having written . this book as a mere jeu d'esprit , that I declare I have never written anything with so much earnestness , such a passionate desire to say out the truth as it seems ...
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... answered by one of the reviewers : Which is true , Science or Christ ? If Science , why then do we superstitiously hold to the letter of a faith whereof the spirit is dead ? -a faith , moreover , which preaches bad political economy and ...
... answered by one of the reviewers : Which is true , Science or Christ ? If Science , why then do we superstitiously hold to the letter of a faith whereof the spirit is dead ? -a faith , moreover , which preaches bad political economy and ...
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... answer ; " what else have you been taught all your life ? what else have you been say- ing in your catechism just now ? " " And His apostles and disciples , they showed the way too ? " said Joshua . " And they showed the way too , as ...
... answer ; " what else have you been taught all your life ? what else have you been say- ing in your catechism just now ? " " And His apostles and disciples , they showed the way too ? " said Joshua . " And they showed the way too , as ...
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... a good - humoured kind of impatience . " What's amiss with your poor foolish head that you can't take things easy ? " " I want to find out which is true , sir , " answered Joshua : " the Bible which or- dains certain JOSHUA DAVIDSON . 23.
... a good - humoured kind of impatience . " What's amiss with your poor foolish head that you can't take things easy ? " " I want to find out which is true , sir , " answered Joshua : " the Bible which or- dains certain JOSHUA DAVIDSON . 23.
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Elizabeth Lynn Linton. answered Joshua : " the Bible which or- dains certain ways of life ; or the Christian world which disobeys them . If Christ was God , there is but one way for us all . He could not have left us an imperfect example ...
Elizabeth Lynn Linton. answered Joshua : " the Bible which or- dains certain ways of life ; or the Christian world which disobeys them . If Christ was God , there is but one way for us all . He could not have left us an imperfect example ...
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